Everyone wants to get the best deal for their scrap car. Whether you paid £2,000 or £20,000 for your vehicle all those years ago, you still want to ensure you’re handed a fair reward for doing the right thing. Saying goodbye to a once-trusty vehicle can be painful at the best of times, so you can at least expect a decent incentive when the time comes.
Off-loading a scrap car of any kind opens the door to three options. Each of which has its own advantages and disadvantages, but nonetheless serves a purpose. Depending on the age and condition of your car, you may or may not have the luxury of choice.
The options available being as follows:
1. Sell it
If your car is still in decent working order and you’re happy with its safety, you could always sell it to someone else. Nevertheless, you bear at least some of the responsibility for ensuring it isn’t an accident waiting to happen. You can lie to your heart’s content and sell a dodgy vehicle as safe, but it’s almost guaranteed to come back and haunt you. Unless you’re completely honest when you sell it, the consequences could be severe. Selling a used car is always preferable where possible, though may not be a realistic option if your car isn’t in the best condition.
2. Strip and Sell Its Parts
That said, you may be able to strip your scrap car and sell any number of its working parts for spares and repairs. Even if the car as a whole is essentially useless, there could still be plenty of practical and monetary value in its various components. Nevertheless, you’ll need to ensure you have the time and the resources needed to strip the vehicle, along with the expertise to know what’s what. Stripping and selling a scrap vehicle can be a great way of making money from it, but can also be a challenging and time-consuming process.
3. Scrap it
If you’d prefer an easier, safer and more responsible alternative, you could always simply scrap your vehicle with a reputable recycling company. Scrapping your car means ridding yourself of all worries and responsibilities, putting your car back into the system and being paid a fair price for doing the right thing. You might not get quite as much as if you were to sell your car, but at least you know it’s not going to cause any horrific accidents.
Here at Take My Scrap Car, we offer the simplest and most rewarding car scrapping and recycling service in Norfolk. Simply contact a member of our customer support team to organise collection of your vehicle and we will pay you a visit at a convenient time. Whatever you need and whenever you need is, we’ll guarantee an unbeatable price for your scrap vehicle, calculated in accordance with scrap values on the day.
For more information or to arrange collection of your scrap car, get in touch with a member of the team at Take My Scrap Car today!
